100% Food Elimination: Dairy

To eliminate dairy from your diet, be sure to consider obvious sources (e.g. milk) as well as other common more hidden sources (this is where careful food label-reading comes in). The following is a list of things to avoidcompletely:

Milk, Cream, Half-and-Half (includes even a little bit in tea or coffee)

Though commonly confused with dairy foods, the following are fine to eat for dairy elimination: Eggs and all egg derivatives, Cocoa Butter/Powder, coconut foods including ‘cream of coconut’, cream of tartar, malt liquor, malt vinegar, malted barley, shea butter, all nut butters, and some calcium additives (Calcium Propionate, Carbonate, Citrate, or Phosphate).

In general, avoid any processed food ingredient that includes the words milk, butter, whey,casein, or lacto in any way. Many foods use preservatives or additives for texture that include dairy. This means you will need to avoid most baked goods unless they are specifically labeled dairy-free.

To help you be diligent in your elimination, here are some particular ingredients to be sure to avoid: